Self-confessed tan-aholic Tara Burton admits she can't live without the beauty of the bronzed look — visiting the tanning booth up to three times a week... But doctors fear she could be physically addicted. The 33-year-old mom is part of a new Wake Forest University study that found some frequent users of tanning beds get a regular endorphin hit, experiencing a "high" similar to drugs like heroin. "Their skin looks terrible: It's all loose, and wrinkled, and mottled-colored and leathery looking," said Dr. Steven Feldman a professor of dermatology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. "And you ask these people, 'Why are you doing this to yourself?' and they say, 'Ahh, it makes me feel so good.' " In the study, frequent tanners were given a drug that blocked the pleasurable sensations that go along with the tanning bed experience after their sessions. Half of them suffered withdrawals.

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